‘Crazy world’, shoppers cry after Tesco installs guards and barriers on smaller aisle as they fight customers limited to 2 items

DISTURBED shoppers criticized the ‘crazy world we live in’ as Tesco hired security guards for its smaller aisle.

The supermarket giant felt forced to protect their yellow sticker area with plastic barriers – and some extra strength to maintain order amid chaotic scenes.

Security guards and plastic barriers were erected to maintain order in the crowded aislesCredit: X/dan10k

Shoppers were reportedly outraged when they learned they were limited to two yellow sticker itemsCredit: Facebook/Hannah Shorrock

It has been reported to them Preston The branch also limited customers to just two items each as Brits continue to feel the pressure on their grocery budgets.

Stunned customers questioned the superstore after seeing photos of their new heavy-handed security measures social media.

It comes as scrap buyers were caught arguing over discounted products during the turnout cost of living pressured and walked upstairs accounts.

Smoking locals shared photos inside the store, in Deepdale Retail Park on Liverpool Road, and vented their frustrations.

One shopper captioned her post: ‘Only in Preston Tesco.

“Security had a fence around the reduced items with a guard, causing people to queue and enter the area one by one.

“To top it all off, I heard him say people can only have two items per person! It’s ridiculous.”

Another uploaded their images to

“Crazy world we live in. #CostOfLivingCrisis.”

It’s clear the barriers were introduced to ward off greedy buyers while workers restocked the shelves.

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But at this location the plastic barricades appear to have been kept in place.

Last year a branch in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussexintroduced the same measure when employees told managers they did not feel safe.

It came after customers snatched the bargains from workers’ hands as quickly as possible yellow stickers went on.

People are blaming the worrying behavior of shoppers for the cost of living crisis.

New figures show that 300,000 extra children are now growing up in poverty, while hunger is rising and food bank use is increasing.

And record statistics from the Department for Work and Pensions show that 4.3 million children in Britain now live in relative poverty.

‘Moving in the right direction’

But decision makers in the field of Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank (MPC) they have now announced kept the interest rate at 5.25% for the fifth time in a row.

Andrew Bailey, Governor of the BoE, said: ‘In recent weeks we have seen further encouraging signs that inflation is easing.

‘We have again kept interest rates at 5.25% today because we need to be sure that inflation falls back to our target of 2% and stays there.

“We are not yet at the point where we can lower interest rates, but things are moving in the right direction.”

At the last meeting, the MPC voted by a majority of 8 to 1 to maintain the bank rate at 5.25%.

It comes just a day after the CPI The inflation measure fell to 3.4% last month – down from 4% in January and the lowest since September 2021.

Most economists had expected it to be 3.5%.

It means that inflation is now closer to 2% of the BoE goal.

Inflation is a measure of how expensive the prices of everyday goods are food and clothing, and services such as train tickets and hairstyles, are now compared with a year earlier.